Name: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Released: 2010
Genre: Opera
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Cast: Staatskapelle Berlin

Description:

Daniel Barenboim is an expert in exploiting the impact of cyclical performances of composers' works: This time he focuses his sharp intellect on all six of Anton Bruckner's mature symphonies. Der Tagesspiegel described Barenboim's performance of the works with the Staatskapelle Berlin on six nearly consecutive evenings in June 2010 as a "superhuman" accomplishment and went on to praise how: "His Bruckner is conceived and performed very theatrically, like an opera without words." Bruckner's famous "Romantic" Symphony No. 4 forms the prelude to a spectacular Blu-ray series from Accentus Music and Unitel Classica, exploring Bruckner's symphonic cosmos.

Recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin, 20 June 2010.

Citation
Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, WAB 104, "Romantic" (1881 version, ed. R. Haas).



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Duration: 1:09:37




Name: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
Released: 2010
Genre: Opera
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Cast: Staatskapelle Berlin

Description:

The Süddeutsche Zeitung summed up this highly acclaimed performance of Bruckner's monumental Fifth Symphony by saying: "Both Bruckner's belief in God, as it majestically wells up out of the chorale of the Fifth, and his deeply tragic world view, collide with one another in Barenboim's interpretation ". The operatic experience of the conductor was almost tangible, revealing the "sheer dramatic instrumental battle between Bruckner's God and the Devil - between heaven and hell - without betraying Bruckner's unerring sense of striking proportions." The release of this "contrapuntal masterpiece" (as Bruckner , not without pride, referred to this work) is part of Daniel Barenboim's Bruckner cycle with the renowned Staatskapelle Berlin.

Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin, 21 June 2010.



Issued: United States | Accentus
Duration: 1:16:49




Name: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
Released: 2010
Genre: Opera
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Cast: Staatskapelle Berlin

Description:

Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony was written between 1879 and 1881: a very happy time in his life. Unlike most of Bruckner's symphonies, the 6th was not revised. Of all his works, this one seems to come from a single source of inspiration. Bruckner himself called it his "boldest" symphony - probably due to its extreme degree of motivic, rhythmic and harmonic originality. This live recording of the seldom-performed 6th Symphony is the next instalment of the acclaimed Bruckner cycle by the Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim.

Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin, 22 June 2010.



Issued: United States | Accentus
Duration: 00:58:50





Name: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Released: 2010
Genre: Opera
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Cast: Staatskapelle Berlin

Description:

In Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony, the listener encounters a music characterized by great spaciousness and profound solemnity, a music which speaks of grief and lamentation, but also of their transcendence. With its monumental architecture and intensity of sound, the symphony has moved listeners ever since its triumphal premiere in 1884. The Guardian calls Daniel Barenboim's London interpretation "Tremendous ... Barenboim and the Staatskapelle seem to have this work in their systems, and the overall impression was of music unfolding organically at its own pace rather than of a work being self-consciously interpreted or led. "

Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin, 25 June 2010.

Citation
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107 (1885 version, ed. L. Nowak).



Issued: United States | Accentus
Duration: 1:12:21




Name: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Released: 2010
Genre: Opera
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Cast: Staatskapelle Berlin

Description:

"Clarity was one thing that made this performance a marvel. Another was the flexibility of Barenboim's speeds .... The flexibility of Barenboim's tempi meant that Bruckner's charm - an often overlooked aspect of his genius - shone through, especially in the genial Trio. "(The Telegraph) Bruckner's 8th is the last symphony completed by the Austrian composer. Many of his contemporaries regarded the symphony as "the pinnacle of 19th century music". Even today, this monumental work fascinates listeners with its virtuoso orchestral technique, its immensity of sound, and its inexhaustible richness of detail.

Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie, 26 June 2010.

Citation
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (ed. R. Haas from 1887 and 1890 versions)



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Duration: 1:24:42




Name: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Released: 2010
Genre: Opera
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Cast: Staatskapelle Berlin

Description:

"This music is more serious and more significant than one had thought", the Berliner Zeitung summarized in its review of Daniel Barenboim's celebrated Bruckner cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Bruckner's unfinished Symphony No. 9 brought to an end, in a poignant manner, the work of one of the greatest symphonic composers of the Classic-Romantic era. Once more the essential elements of Bruckner's symphonic style are present; the technical standard, the intensity of sound, and the enormous richness of expression are in this singular work brought to an unsurpassed niveau.

Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie, 27 June 2010.

Citation
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109.



Issued: United States | Accentus
Duration: 1:05:58